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Patty Duncan is a science teacher who teaches Chemistry and earth and space science. She is also a discovery education presenter and shared this wikispace at the 2010 PA PETE & C conference. It is a fantastic site.

This wikispace is great. Please share with anyone who teachers science. This presenter, Patty Duncan, shared this in her Pete & C presentation "10 Ideas for Using Technology in the Science Classroom" but there are more then 10 on this wikispace.

"A research by The National Literacy Trust on 3,001 children from England and Scotland showed that schoolchildren who blog or own social networking profiles on Facebook have higher literacy levels and greater confidence in writing."

"A research by The National Literacy Trust on 3,001 children from England and Scotland showed that schoolchildren who blog or own social networking profiles on Facebook have higher literacy levels and greater confidence in writing."

A HUGE list of class blogs. When you're fighting the good fight to get blogs unblocked, point them to this. Er... this is a blog, too. Well, they can look at the list at home.

Perfect for the social studies or Literature teachers. Very easy way to publish ideas, etc without hassle.

Lying for learning blog

I am a liar blog

Really post

"This Classroom Learning 2.0 blog has been set-up as part of the CSLA School Library Learning 2.0 program to encourage all of us to experiment and learn about the new and emerging technologies that are reshaping the context of information on the Internet today."

This is a really organized blog set up for learning about 2.0. Please share with anyone you think might be interested.

Stewing....

Shown by Tim Tyson at today's 1 to 1 preconference. Looks FANTASTIC! Another reason to use Firefox.

This is a link to the site for The Center for Schools and Communities. I am linking this site to our district web site. the video "Protecting Kids Online" has some really good information for parents to be aware of and think about with regard to their child's use of the Internet. In addition, the video has kids sharing real life situations that they found themselves in with regard to the Internet. If you have trouble getting parents to come to you, maybe you would be interested and taking this to the community like we are. We are posting questions that came with the copy of the video. If you would like to see the video user's guide that goes with the video, let me know and I can sent it to you.

I am going to be putting this link with this video onto our district web page. It provides lots of good tips for parents and students and also has kids talking about real internet issues they have encountererd.

Technology entry

Tech #2

Turning the tables

"Why shouldn't learning start with hunches? As a new teacher, there are many times I feel stranded somewhere between the older students I teach and the younger teachers above me. I still have strong memories of being a high school student, but am operating in an authoritative role "above" them. I've gotten used to being "the new guy" on the staff, but also to being "the tech guy" to whom many come with questions. I enjoy the dichotomy that being new and also holding a position of soft power puts me in; It's a place that fosters frequent reflection, which is good." An excellent comparison of traditional research methods to 21st Century skills. A great discussion to advocate for the use of Wikipedia, and the difference in research styles between students being a positive thing.

Poem entry

" considering the digits after the decimal point, the likelihood of the next"